Favre had consecutive starts from to , including regular season games, the most in league history. He was also the first NFL quarterback to obtain 70, yards, 10, passes, 6, completions, touchdowns, and victories over all 32 teams.
Favre played college football for the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles and was selected in the second round of the NFL draft by the Atlanta Falcons , where he spent one season as a backup. Traded to the Packers, he became their starter early in the season and revitalized a franchise that had been in a period of decline since the late s. Favre was traded in to the New York Jets , where he played one year, and spent his final two seasons with the Minnesota Vikings.
His campaign for the Vikings saw him guide them to a division title and NFC Championship Game appearance, while having one of his strongest statistical seasons. At the time of his retirement, Favre was the NFL leader in passing yards , passing touchdowns , and quarterback wins , and holds the record for interceptions.
Favre also received 11 Pro Bowl and three first-team All-Pro selections. He was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Both of his parents were schoolteachers in the Hancock County School District. He is of part French ancestry. One of his ancestors is Simon Favre , a Louisiana Creole [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and an influential figure in Spanish West Florida in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; Brett descends from Simon's Choctaw Native American mistress, Pistikiokonay, and thus his grandfather was affiliated with the Choctaw.
Brett was the second of four children and attended Hancock North Central High School , where he played baseball and football. Irvin Favre said he knew his son had a great arm but also knew that the school had good running backs. As a result, in the three years Brett was on the team, his father ran the wishbone , a run-oriented offense.
